# 嘩

| 嘩 | U+5629, &#22057; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5629 |
| ← 嘨 [U+5628] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嘪 → [U+562A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嘩 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口廿一十 (RTMJ), four-corner 6405$_4$, composition ⿰口華)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 206, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4235
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 665, character 5
* Unihan data for U+5629

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 鞾 | *qʰʷa |
| 華 | *qʰʷraː, *ɡʷraː, *ɡʷraːs |
| 譁 | *qʰʷraː |
| 樺 | *ɡʷraː, *ɡʷraːs |
| 嘩 | *ɡʷraː |
| 驊 | *ɡʷraː |
| 鏵 | *ɡʷraː |
| 崋 | *ɡʷraː, *ɡʷraːs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷraː) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 華 (OC *qʰʷraː, *ɡʷraː, *ɡʷraːs).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huá (hua$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): waa$^1$ / jip$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hoa / hôa
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hua$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huá
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huá
*** Wade–Giles: hua$^2$
*** Yale: hwá
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwa
*** Palladius: хуа (xua)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ä³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: waa$^1$ / jip$^6$
*** Yale: wā / yihp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: waa$^1$ / jip$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wa$^1$ / yib$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /waː⁵⁵/, /jiːp̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa
*** Tâi-lô: hua
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoaf
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hua³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hua⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôa
*** Tâi-lô: huâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoaa
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /hua²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hua$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hua
*** Sinological IPA : /hua³³/
* Middle Chinese: xwae
Rime :
| Character | 嘩 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (99) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 呼瓜切 |
| Baxter | xwae |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hˠua/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hʷᵚa/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xua/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hwaɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /xua/ |
| Wang Li | /xwa/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xwa/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | huā |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | faa$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷʰˤra/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷraː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 嘩 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | huá |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xwae › |
| Old Chinese | /*qʷʰˁra/ |
| English | shout |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嘩 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5311 |
| Phonetic component | 華 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 華 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡʷraː/ |
| Notes | 譁或體 |

#### Definitions

嘩
* to make noise; to be noisy; to be uproarious

#### Compounds

* 喧嘩 (xuānhuá)
* 嘩世取寵 / 哗世取宠
* 嘩噪 / 哗噪
* 嘩囂 / 哗嚣
* 嘩然 / 哗然 (huárán)
* 嘩眾取寵 / 哗众取宠 (huázhòngqǔchǒng)
* 嘩笑 / 哗笑
* 嘩變 / 哗变 (huábiàn)
* 嘩釦 / 哗扣
* 語笑喧嘩 / 语笑喧哗

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huā (hua$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): waa$^1$ / waa$^4$ / faa$^1$ / jip$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khôa / hôa / hoa
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hua$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huā
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hua
*** Wade–Giles: hua$^1$
*** Yale: hwā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hua
*** Palladius: хуа (xua)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: waa$^1$ / waa$^4$ / faa$^1$ / jip$^6$
*** Yale: wā / wàh / fā / yihp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: waa$^1$ / waa$^4$ / faa$^1$ / jip$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wa$^1$ / wa$^4$ / fa$^1$ / yib$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /waː⁵⁵/, /waː²¹/, /faː⁵⁵/, /jiːp̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khôa
*** Tâi-lô: khuâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qoaa
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kʰua²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôa
*** Tâi-lô: huâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoaa
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hua²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa
*** Tâi-lô: hua
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoaf
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hua³³/
* Xiamen:
** khôa - vernacular;
** hôa - literary.

#### Definitions

嘩
* (onomatopoeia) sound of flowing or gurgling water
* (onomatopoeia) thump; clang; sound of crashing

#### Compounds

* 嘩啦 / 哗啦
* 嘩啦啦 / 哗啦啦 (huālālā)
* 嘩喇喇 / 哗喇喇
* 白嘩嘩 / 白哗哗
* 稀里嘩啦

### Pronunciation 3

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hōa / hǒa / hoa
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōa
*** Tâi-lô: huā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoa
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hua²²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hua³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǒa
*** Tâi-lô: huǎ
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hua²²/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa
*** Tâi-lô: hua
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoaf
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hua⁴⁴/

#### Definitions

嘩
* (Southern Min) to joke around; to laugh and play
* (Southern Min) to make noise; to bustle

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 開玩笑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 開玩笑, 打哈哈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 開玩笑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 開玩笑 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 開哏 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 開玩笑, 打哈哈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 開玩笑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 涮罈子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 科心, 科德行, 鬥散放 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 講笑 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 尋開心 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 開心 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 開心, 開玩笑 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 講笑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 講笑 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 講笑 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 攪笑 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 講笑 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 開玩笑 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 講笑 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 講笑, 開玩笑 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 耍笑, 開玩笑 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 𡛴, 𡛴嬉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 講笑, 蠻笑, 做暢 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 滾笑, 講笑, 嘩, 摽, 摽笑 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 咧 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 滾笑, 講笑, 嘩, 摽, 摽笑 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 滾笑, 講笑, 𠢕滾, 戲謔, 嘩, 摽, 摽笑 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 講摽笑 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 滾笑 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 耍笑 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 講笑詼 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 講笑 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 講笑 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 講耍笑 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 滾笑, 滾耍笑, 講耍笑 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 講耍笑 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 講笑 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 滾笑 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 𠢕滾, 講笑 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 滾笑, 講笑, 講耍笑, 耍笑 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 摽, 摽笑, 滾笑, 講笑 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 呾耍笑 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 呾耍 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 呾耍 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 呾耍笑, 呾相耍, 呾耍 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 呾耍笑, 呾耍, 呾笑 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 講笑 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 講笑 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 尋開心, 開玩笑, 打棚, 摟白相, 話白相, 講白相 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 尋開心 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 尋開心, 打棚, 摟白相, 捉弄, 弄白相, 講白相, 講張 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 尋開心 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 尋開心 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 講笑, 講取笑 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鬥霸, 鬥放子, 講笑 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 鬥散放, 打豪 |

#### Compounds

* 反嘩 / 反哗
* 喊嘩 / 喊哗
* 嘩嘩叫 / 哗哗叫
* 嘩嘩吼 / 哗哗吼
* 嘻嘻嘩嘩 (hi-hi-hōa-hōa) (Min Nan)
* 嘩嘩嚷 / 哗哗嚷
* 嘩嘩滾 / 哗哗滚
* 嘩滾 / 哗滚
* 嘩酒 / 哗酒
* 摽嘩 / 摽哗
* 摽滾嘩 / 摽滚哗
* 滾嘩 / 滚哗
* 講嘩 / 讲哗

### Pronunciation 4

* Cantonese (Jyutping): waa$^3$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: waa$^3$
*** Yale: wa
*** Cantonese Pinyin: waa$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wa$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /waː³³/

#### Definitions

嘩
* (Cantonese) wow!; whoa! (used to express surprise or admiration)
       waa$^3$, gam$^3$ do$^1$ jan$^4$ ge$^2$? [Jyutping]
       Whoa, why are there so many people?
       waa$^3$, hou$^2$ leng$^3$ aa$^3$! [Jyutping]
       Wow, it's so pretty!

### References

* “嘩”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* noisy

#### Readings

* Go-on: げ (ge)
* Kan-on: か (ka)
* Kun: かまびすしい (kamabisushii, 嘩しい)

#### Compounds

* 嘩(か)笑(しょう) (kashō)
* 嘩(か)然(ぜん) (kazen)
* 讙(かん)嘩(か) (kanka)
* 喧(けん)嘩(か) (kenka) (諠(けん)譁(か))
* 讙(けん)嘩(か) (kenka)
* 囂(ごう)嘩(か) (gōka)
* 紛(ふん)嘩(か) (funka)

## Korean
### Hanja

嘩 • (hwa) (hangeul 화, revised hwa, McCune–Reischauer hwa)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

嘩: Hán Nôm readings: hoa
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#### References

* Nom Foundation